That was Phil Cambo's appraisal of what 30 Northern Tree Service crews have encountered in New York in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

Mr. Cambo, Northern Tree president, said several crews working in Eastern Massachusetts are finishing up in greater Boston, the South Shore and Cape Cod.

“The bulk of the work in the Boston area will be done tonight, and that's where we found the heaviest pockets of tree damage here,” Mr. Cambo said.

The tree service executive said Sandy, in Massachusetts, caused less tree damage than either Tropical Storm Irene or the Halloween snowstorm in 2011.

“Hurricane-force winds will push over whole trees while the snow a year ago on trees that still had foliage took down limbs and tops. It was a different type of damage altogether,” he said.

“This year, we lucked out, because we had a lot less foliage to contend with,” Mr. Cambo said.

Northern Tree, which operates out of Palmer, currently has crews deployed in Connecticut and metropolitan New York, as well as crews on standby in New Jersey, he said.

“In Port Washington, which is next to Queens, our crews are reporting moderate to heavy tree damage. But it's not the work that's a problem. It's the logistics. Fuel for the trucks and equipment, food and lodging — that's the problem because most of the utility crews are still there restoring power,” Mr. Cambo said.

“It's a fairly congested situation right now, and the result is we can't be as productive as we normally would be,” he added.

The other benefit of restored electricity, he said, would be that many more gas stations would be up and running.

“Traffic is horrendous right now and finding lodging is difficult. As of this morning, gasoline was still scarce. And it may get worse before it gets better with utility crews heading to New York when they finish up here.” Mr. Cambo said.

He said Northern Tree crews were not yet deployed in New Jersey, but were available.

“Right now they're not letting anyone in to those hardest hit areas to survey the damage, but given what we know right now, I imagine some of our crews could be working in the New York, New Jersey area for several months to come,” Mr. Cambo said.